Jill! Good job starting.

I've been writing my food down lately but for the last couple days, I've been slacking so I have to do this from memory.

Monday:
Exercise:
20 mins exercise bike
Lower body weight workout

Food:
Protein shake - protein powder, water, 2 strawberries
1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese, 1 strawberry
1/2 cup brown rice, 5 walnut pieces, 10 raisins, 1/4 cup of unsweetened soymilk
1/2 cup mixed nuts, 10 raisins
1 cup of mixed cut veggies (carrots, red bell pepper, cucumber, celery), 1 laughing cow cheese wedge
Protein shake - protein powder, water, 1 tbsp peanut butter
4 oz steak, 1/2 cup beans, 1/2 cup hominy, 1/2 cup brown rice, grilled yellow squash, grilled bell pepper
2 squares of dark chocolate (110 calories total), 1 tsp peanut butter

I'll post todays food later. It'll probably look bad on paper as dinner is pizza It is actually pretty healthy pizza as far as pizza goes.

I'm feeling under the weather

yesterday:

1 cup peach tea, hot & unsweetened

just a few ounces of decaf & an ice cube

6 low sodium triscuits
1 can healthy request chicken rice soup
1 can tuna in olive oil
1 can (20 oz) pineapple chunks
pineapple juice from can over ice cubes

2 slices plum tomato cheese pizza
1 cup rotini w/smart balance margarine & a sprinkle of spinach herb seasoning

1-3 gulps pomegranate cranberry juice

barely finished my gallon of water

1 20 ounce bottle limeade






today:
1 can peach fresca
nursing a gallon of water
1 small cup decaf w/1 tbsp half & half & a sprinkle or two of sweet & low

1 bag of bugles from vending machine
1 yellow apple
2 tbsp peanut butter

2 MSF breakfast patties
2 cups brown rice
1 serving italian ranch dressing

1 bag bugles
1 butterfinger ice cream bar

i am hungry but do not know what i want aside from popsicles.

Mmm...pizza...we've gotten into the bad habit of ordering Pizza Hut almost every weekend However, to try to curb this, I bought a few whole-wheat Boboli pizza crusts so I can make pizza with my own reduced-fat cheese and lower-sodium sauce and turkey pepperoni. Still very yummy, but I'm sure about 10 times healthier (even though I think the Boboli crust has HFCS in it, but considering the alternative, I think I'll survive ).

I'm not going back to that organic vs. non-organic forum--I think I've gotten myself in enough trouble there--but I did notice you were from MD, which is close by, and I wanted to respond to you. I have never heard of Magruder's, so I am assuming there isn't one nearby. I have stopped at the Trader Joe's closest to me, but I wouldn't buy any of their produce because it all just looked so icky/not fresh. I was quite disappointed as I've heard lots of people talk about Trader Joe's, and I only walked out of there with a box of cereal and some whole-wheat hamburger buns I think maybe the TJ's here just happens to be a bad one. I'll have to check the one out in Centreville (about 30 miles from home) when I'm out there for my TOPS meeting on Thursday night--that one was just built last year and looks MUCH larger than the one near my office.

Jill,

I was just thinking to myself the other day wondering if Boboli made whole wheat crusts. I was also thinking of maybe trying whole wheat pita bread as a pizza crust. There is a pizza place near me that has probably the healthiest restaurant pizza I've ever had. They even offer a fat free version which I've never seen. Pizza toppings include broccoli and spinach as well as your standard pizza toppings.

Magruder's doesn't do organic as far as I know but their prices are awesome which is why I mentioned them. It looks like they do have one in Alexandria.
http://www.magruders.com/templatesst...ocationmap.htm

As far as Trader Joe's goes, I don't always buy produce there but sometimes. I did go the other day and it must've been the day before they restocked because the produce did not look so good. So it might've been a bad day. I buy my unsweetened soymilk and my nonfat plain yogurt from Trader Joes. I also buy pasta and a few other things there.

Hi Guys, I haven't posted in awhile, how have you all been? I have been so busy with work, side work and family I haven't had much time for myself. But I'm here now ...

Monday
apple and a glass of chocolate soy milk
bowl of chicken tortilla soup
15 almonds
1/2 a hambuger
side salad

32 oz. water
1 dr. pepper

didn't make it to the gym

Tuesday
apple and a glass of chocolate soy milk
12 almonds
salad that I made with a bunch of goodies
1 lemon bar
bowl of Thai soup

32 oz. water
thai iced tea
ice tea

I made it to the gym today

Over all I did pretty good the last couple of days, since I blew it at my cousin's weddings this weekend I need to be good suring the week. Talk to everyone soon - Mindy

Yesterday was a hungry day and today appears to be another hungry day. I hope this trend doesn't continue

Tuesday - (no exercise)
Protein shake (1 scoop protein powder, 2 strawberries, psyllium husk powder, water)
1/2 cup cottage cheese, 2 strawberries
1/2 cup brown rice, 10 raisins, 1/4 cup soy milk, 5 walnuts, cinnamon
Ham sandwich (2 pieces of 100% whole wheat bread, 2 slices of ham, mustard)
4 oz steak, 1/2 cup brown rice, 1/2 cup black beans, 1/2 cup hominy, grilled veggies (yellow squash, bell pepper)
1 cup of mixed veggies (cucumbers, celery, carrots, red bell peppers), 1 wedge laughing cow cheese
1/3 cup mixed nuts, 10 raisins
1 slice pizza (tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage, olives)
salad (butter lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, celery, red bell peppers, 1 tbsp lf honey dijon dressing)
protein shake (protein powder, 2 strawberries, 1/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt, water)
1 slice ham

Mostly liquids today. I am still sick. Went to the doctor & had to update my ticker.

i ate a turtle nut bar
i ate some garlic bread
i ate some mushroom stuffed spinach ravioli-things
i ate half a meatball
i ate two popsicles
i drank some orange juice
i drank some hot lemonade with honey mixed in
i drank my water (1 gallon)

I have rededicated. Even when it's awful, I am going to post. I'm tired of the 300's. I'm tired of going up & down. I'm tired of not exercising, believe it or not!!!

today:

pills. lots of pills. zithromax, tolvaptan, tylenol, and lisnopril. can't take my vitamin or iron pills until dinnertime.

1 grape popsicle
8 ounces minute maid 100% orange juice (no pulp, fortified with vitamins to help my immune system)

1 liter raspberry flavored seltzer water
1 cherry popsicle
water, of course

1 cucumber, sliced
5 radishes (store them in water or they will dry out)
1/4 cup raw broccoli
1/2 cup raw cauliflower
12-15 anchovy stuffed olives
1 serving garlic caesar salad dressing
2 sticks lowfat string cheese
1 orange popsicle

8 oz lemonade
another small drink of orange juice

1 carton yoplait thick & creamy raspberry yogurt